Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Our quick and easy Beef Lettuce Wraps recipe is a seriously delicious weeknight meal that your whole family will love!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil sub avocado oil
- 2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger grated
- 3/4 cup sweet yellow onion diced
- 1/2 cup carrot diced
- 1 can water chestnuts diced (optional)
- 1 - 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
- kosher salt and ground black pepper
- optional: 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 head of butter lettuce romaine or iceberg work too
Sauce:
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos or soy sauce, if not Whole30
- 2 tablespoons beef broth
- 1 1/2 teaspoon tapioca starch
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon orange juice concentrate
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes more or less to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon fish sauce
Toppings:
- 2 cups cauliflower rice or cilantro lime cauliflower rice cooked (sub with any rice variety, if not Paleo/Whole30)
- Lime wedges
- Fresh cilantro chopped
- Green onions sliced
- Avocado sliced
- Red onion sliced
Instructions
- Sauté Veggies: In a large cast iron skillet, add 1 tablespoon oil to coat the bottom of the pan and bring to medium-high heat. Add 2 teaspoons garlic & 1 teaspoon ginger; stir to allow them to cook until aromatic, about 1-2 minutes. Add diced onion, carrots, & water chestnuts (if using) to the hot pan; cook 2-3 minutes moving around the pan. Add additional oil, if pan gets dry.
- Brown Beef: Add ground beef, break apart and move around pan with spatula, allowing to cook fully. Season with a generous pinch of salt and pepper, plus 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (if using).
- Make Sauce: Put the Sauce ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together until it is fully combined. Add Sauce to the ground beef and mix on medium-high heat. It will thicken quickly, about 1 minute.
- Serve: Take a piece of butter lettuce and top with rice and then some of the ground beef mixture. Squeeze fresh lime juice on top, add green onions, cilantro, and any other toppings.
Notes
- Ground Beef: feel free to sub ground turkey or ground chicken for the beef, but just be aware that it has a more mild flavor, so you may need to adjust the seasonings.
- Tapioca Starch: option to use arrowroot starch, instead of tapioca starch, if you need to, but tapioca starch tends to work the best.
- Rice: to be Paleo/Whole30 compliant you will want to use a cauliflower rice, but if that isn't a concern for you feel free to use white rice, brown rice, any variety!
- Nutrition Info was calculated with cauliflower rice, not regular rice.
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